Summerseat Players, a volunteer-led theatre company based at Theatre Royal Ramsbottom. We’ve just launched submissions for our inaugural New Writing Festival, taking place in July 2027, and wondered whether this might be relevant to writers, artists or theatre-makers in your network? We’re looking for original short plays from emerging playwrights aged 18 and over who …
World building writing workshop with Joshua Azouz Saturday 20 June, 10am-1pm Join award-winning writer Joshua Azouz (Kiss / Marry / Push Off Cliff, National Theatre) for a practical workshop that explores the engine of a play. Redrafting workshop with Beth Flintoff Saturday 27 June, 10am-1pm Playwright, dramaturg and theatre-maker Beth Flintoff (Associate Playwright at the …
The National Theatre are running two free Words from the Wild webinars this July, for emerging or early career writers. Using creative activities and exercises inspired by animals and the natural world, and taking inspiration from the National Theatre’s productions of War Horse and The Last Wild, discover how to bring new ideas to life. These playwriting webinars explore how …
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Take part in our Big Summer Raffle to be in with the chance of winning 12 months of script development and a table reading of your play with professional actors. The raffle supports our work and helps us to create more resources for playwrights so you are doing a good deed by buying a ticket. …
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A Year-Long Professional Development Programme for Playwrights Have you considered a playwriting MA but found the cost, location, or time commitment out of reach? After months of research and planning, we’ve created a practical alternative, and we’re excited to share it with you. The Advanced Playwriting Programme is an intensive twelve-month programme designed for playwrights who are …
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Nick Hern Books (NHB) – the UK’s leading specialist theatre publisher and performing rights agents – is looking for five passionate, up-and-coming playwrights to join our exciting new Mentoring scheme. Each mentee will be paired with an experienced, NHB-published playwright, who will offer creative guidance, encouragement and insight to help them towards writing a full-length …
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The Writers’ Block is running a 4 day training programme for Emerging Playwrights, funded and in partnership with The Minack Theatre. The outcome of the programme is for the Minack Youth Theatre to commission a selection of short, original plays for Autumn 2026 for their Play in a Day programme. They’re looking for emerging writers of all ages and …
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A Play, a Pie and a Pint run two yearly open submission windows – two opportunities for them to read new work, both by writers who are new to PPP and by writers who have written for them before. Window 1 is for Emerging Playwrights (Open 25th of May 2026 to 3rd of August 2026). Window …
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